Krishnadas Shama
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Krishnadas Shama | |
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| Born | 16th century Kardalipura, Goa, Portuguese India, Portuguese Empire or Adil Shahi dynasty (now Quelossim, India) |
Krishnadas Shama was a
Roman script). The work consists of 19 chapters (ovesvaru) and 3,123 verses (ovis). It is a rendering of the Tenth canto (Adhyaya) of the Bhagavata Purana and may be the first extant prose work by a Goan in the Marathi language.[1]
Shama may also be the author of the
Jesuit scholars in the 16th century. These texts may be the first extant prose works in Konkani.[1]
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Legacy
The latest building of the
Panjim was dedicated to Shama in 2011.[4]
References
- ^ a b
Saradesāya, Manohararāya (2000). A History of Konkani Literature: From 1500 to 1992. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 31. ISBN 978-8172016647.
- ^ Bhembre, Uday (September 2009). "Konkani bhashetalo paylo sahityakar: Krishnadas Shama". Sunaparant (in Konkani). Goa. p. 55–57.
- ^ Vaz, J. Clement. Profiles of Eminent Goans, past and present. New Delhi: Concept Publishing, 1997. p. 248.
- ^ Fernandes, Krish (7 November 2011). "Over 1.8L books await readers at new Krishnadas Shama state central library". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.